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.Letters Patent No. 79,658, dated July 7, 1868.4

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TOALLTO. WHOM THESE PRESENTS SI-IALL COME:

Be it known that Il, SAMUEL W. HUNTINGTO, of Augusta, in the county of'Kennebec, and State of Maine, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Scissors and Shears; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making' part of this specication, and in which- Figure 1 is a. side elevation, and

Figure "2.a vertical and transverse section of my invention; f

The object of this invention is toprovide a. pair of shears or scissors, other-wise of ordinary construction, with an additional or auxiliary means of cutting a piece of whalebone, Wire, ory other hard substance which would tend to injure the primary blades. Y f

The above-mentioned object is attained by making cutting-edges upon theblades of the scissors, upon both sides of the pivotl of such blades, and using the-'inner and shorter arms ofsuch blades for the purpose, as before observed, of cutting wire or other hard substances.

In the drawings above mentioned, a denotes a' pair of scissors of ordinary construction, of which b b are the blades, c c the handles, and d the rivet. i A

i In carrying out my invention, I reduce the inner edges of that portionof the blades bia which extends between the pivot el and the handles c c in such manner as to form sharp edges thereon, and thus convert'them into auxiliary cutting-blades, which may b e used independently of the primary blades,

' One advantage of my invention is the fact that I obtain an additional' cutting means, Without altering the general form of the scissors, and at very little if any increase of expense over the ordinary scissors.

. Another advantage of my. invention is the fact that scissors or .shears of ordinary construction may, by littlelabor, be converted -into'the form, and so as to' produce the results contemplated in my invention.

I claim the formation of auxiliary shear-bladesf, upon the inner'and opposite edges of that portion o'f the arms or blades of" scissors and shears betweenV the pivot and handle, or in rear ofthe pivot, as shown and set forth.

s. W.' HUNTINGTON.

Witnesses:

FRED. CURTIS, EDWARD GRIFFLTB. 

